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UFOs

Seventy years ago, something happened in Roswell, New Mexico, that put the place on the map and embedded it into the culture. What was it?

UFOs are much older than the Cold War's flying saucers. These 1897 and 1909 sightings of flying machines were the talk of the town.

The barbecue boom in 1950s American was tied to nationalistic concepts of the "perfect family": patriarchal, suburban, and white.

The way we think about the skills kids need—and even how they should play—is deeply tied to the characteristics we expect them to need as adults.

To end poverty, public policy must provide much more than economic resources

Vaccinations have always been political. But in this day and age, why do certain subsets of well-off parents choose not to vaccinate their children?

A history of shark attacks and public response to them.